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ext exhibition at gallery Anne Barrault is the result of common action with
gallery Vermelho in São Paulo\, one of the most interesting places in Braz
il\, managed by Eduardo Brandao.

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This
gallery\, well known at international level\, present at Art Basel\, Friez
e as well as at less known fairs\, but important ones in Latin America\, su
ch as those of Tijuana or Bogota\, plays a leading part in contemporary cre
ation. After exhibiting Manuela Marques\, in São Paulo\, its manager propos
ed that Odires Mlászho\, a Brazilian artist\, should be shown at the galler
y\, and we agreed with enthusiasm. As a welcome in Paris\, a video Manuela
Marques produced in Brazil will be shown along with his first exhibition in
France.

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Born in 1960\, Odires Mlászh
o uses photography\, books\, magazines and makes photomontages with these v
arious materials. Through his practice\, he pays tribute to the two artists
he considers as the masters of photomontage\, Max Ernst and Laszlo Moholy-
Nagy\, to the point of changing his true name José Odires Micowski\, which
sounds too Polish to his mind\, into Odires Mlászho\, to honour them. He ha
s been active on the Brazilian scene for about fifteen year\, and will take
part in São Paulo next biennial event.